City of residence : London
In 2018, Gabriele Strata won first prize at the XXXV Premio Venezia, the prestigious Italian competition. In 2021, he was awarded by Teatro La Fenice the historical “Premio Una Vita nella Musica giovani” for his artistic achievements.
Gabriele regularly performs on the world’s most renowned stages, including concerto appearances with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the Berliner Philharmonie, in London’s Barbican Centre and Cadogan Hall, in Cardiff’s St. David’s Hall with the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra, and in Mumbai’s National Centre for Performing Arts with Chamber Orchestra of India, working with conductors such as Roberto Tibiriçá, Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli, Baldur Brönnimann, Andreas Wittmann, and Hans Richter.
An avid chamber musician, he has played at Wigmore Hall and Milton Court Concert Hall in London, Lincoln Center in New York, and has premiered chamber music works by Academy Award-nominee Thomas Newman and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Kate Soper.
Gabriele received his Master of Music degree from Yale University at the age of 19, as well as a Master of Musical Arts degree under the guidance of Professor Boris Berman. He then obtained Artist Diplomas degrees from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia cum laude and special honours, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the tutelage of Benedetto Lupo and Ronan O’Hora respectively.
Principal teachers
- Boris Berman
- Benedetto Lupo
- Ronan O’Hora
- Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist
Major Competitions
- 1st prize and Audience Prize, Festival Internacional de Piano do Rio de Janeiro, 2023
- 1st prize, XXXV Premio Venezia, 2018
Program
FIRST ROUND: RECITAL
Béla Bartók
Szabadban (Out of Doors)
Síppal, dobbal (With Drums and Pipes) • Barcarolla • Musettes • Az éjszaka zenéje (The Night’s Music) • Hajsza (The Chase)
Muzio Clementi
Sonata in B minor, Op. 40 No. 2
Molto adagio e sostenuto – Allegro con fuoco e con espressione • Largo, mesto e patetico – Allegro
SEMIFINAL: CHAMBER MUSIC
Robert Schumann
Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
SEMIFINAL: RECITAL
Olivier Messiaen
Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
No. 11 Première communion de la Vierge
Barbara Assiginaak
Mzizaakok Miiniwaa Mzizaakoonsak (Horseflies and Deerflies)
Johannes Brahms
Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
Allegro maestoso • Andante espressivo • Scherzo (Allegro energico) • Intermezzo (Andante molto) • Finale (Allegro moderato ma rubato)
FINAL: CONCERTO
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito • Andantino semplice – Prestissimo • Allegro con fuoco
Adopt a Musician
The presence of Gabriele Strata in Montreal
is generously supported by Marie-Josée Liberatore
